LOS ANGELES – AUG 10: DANIEL GILLIES arriving to CW Premiere Party on August 10, 2011 in Burbank, CA DFree/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Daniel John Gillies
Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date of Birth: 14 March 1976
Ethnicity: Scottish, possibly other
Daniel Gillies is a New Zealand and Canadian actor, film producer, director and screenwriter. He played the role of Elijah Mikaelson on the television series ”The Vampire Diaries ”and its spin-off ”The Originals”.
He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to parents from New Zealand. When he was five, his parents decided to return to their native New Zealand. Though born into a family of strong medical background (his father is a pediatrician, his mother a nurse, and his great-great-great-grandfather is the renowned ENT/plastic surgery pioneer Sir Harold Gillies).
His great-great-great-grandfather is the renowned ENT/plastic surgery pioneer Sir Harold Gillies was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, the son of Member of Parliament in Otago, Robert Gillies. Robert Gillies was born to Isabella (née Lillie) and John Gillies (born Rothesay on 22 April 1802).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gillies_(New_Zealand_politician)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gillies
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